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N ' THE COUNTY RECORD^" Published Every Thursday AT KIXGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, B Y LOUIS J. BRI5TOW, F.dltor and Proprietor. A Dowu East schoolboy dearie 1 sound money as money that ma le a jingling sound when dropped on the door, a definition which his teacher accepted, though deeming it uot quite adequate. It is said that ou the average, throughout England aud Wales, one person in 73 is a Smith, one in 70 a Jones, one in 115 a Williams, one in 148 a Taylor, one in 162 a Davies and one in 174 a Brown. The Swiss government is making efforts to protect useful birds, but nothing can be done without Italian co-operation, and the Italians, even in Switzerland, continue to slaughter birds in the most ruthless manner. The Boston Herald kindly explains that "a ptomaine is an alkaloid substance resulting from the activities of micro-organisms which disintegrate and.decompose the animal tissues after death." Now you know ^liat not to eat. 4 . The largest wild-beast-bouutv payment ever made in any state is now being made at Helena, Montana. It , amounts to $.->0,0%, and represents V?nl!n>f? rlne on the staie's pay meut 011 the skins of 16,698 wolves and coyotes killed iu 1897. "The dead-line" for intellectual workers, who live as they ought, should not be drawn before seventy-five years. Up to that time a scholar may do his best work without overfatigue. After that, over-expenditure of vita! energy cannot easily be made up. Gladstone, Bismarck, and Leo vttt lmvfl bpei? exceptions to this rule. WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN. F*arm Work Made Rapid Progress During the Past Week. The Crop Bulletin, as issued by J. W. Bauer, Section Director, is in part as follows: The tirst portion of the week with its high temperature, light winds and bright sunshine, was extremely favorable to crop growth land made a notice ^ ..?Ao?annu of uoie improvement in tue Held crops generally. During this time farm work made rapid progress. The latter portion of the week, however, was below the active growing temperature for some of the principal crops cultivated in this State, for lnstaucecotton which will not grow or thrive under 5"> degrees. Corn has improved generally, although its condition is extremely varied aud in but few places entirely satisfactory. Stands in main* places are very irregular owing to replanting, and cut worms Lave destroyed stands in many places, irlarlv corn on sandy lands is doing fairly veil. Iu the westerd counties u ?u>asi.!eraule area reiuaius to be pluutedf while in York conmy fields planted to cotton and which failed to come up to satisfactory staudsbuve been plowed over and planted to corn, Corn thut is np has received its first atiu second cultivation, lhecool weather recently bus given it a yellow cast. Cotton did fairly well during the first of the week, especially on sandy soils, where it is up to fine stands and in the more easterly counties is being cultivated nud chopped out. On stiff lauds the surface is so crusted aud baked that cotton cannot come up readily. The recent cool weather grave cotton a severe set-back and a number of correspondents reported the plants dyiug. Transplanting tobacco is being' rushed v to completion. The weather has, on the whole, been too cool for vouug plants to grow well, but this crop has received uo serious set-back, although in some places cut worms and grasshoppers damaged it more or less. bweet potato sets are being transplanted, but not as yet to any great extent. Draws ar^ uot very plentiful. Irish potatoes appear to t>e uoingmieij, except iu Charleston and Beaufort counties, where they will not yield more than one-fourth of a crop. Melons have not shown much, if any, improvement and have not made satisfactory growth, except in Williamsburg county, where the vines are growing nicely. * Bruit prospects vary greatly throughout the Mate, being exceedingly promising ia places, while iu other places there will be none. Bears appear to be dropping badly and doing poorly. Peaches give promise of a fair average crop generally, and in Greenwood county the trees are overloaded. The winds of the week shook much fruit off the trees, although it is thought to the advantage of the fruit remaining on the trees. The crop of wild berries promises to be quite plentiful. Gardens are backward but are looking well and yielding seasonable vegetables ia abundance. Large shipments of garden truck and berries continue from the Charleston, Williamsburg and Florence truck raisinc districts. Chinch bugs have made their appearance on all grains in Chester and York counties in those sections where they did so much damage daring 181)7. First shade?What alls tnat humpshouldered fellow that just arrived last week? I rarely sec hiui at his seat lately. Second shade?Lie claims to have been a bicycle crank while on earth; but what that may hare been I know cot. At any rate, he bas constructed a very peculiar machine with a couple of old halos.?Puck. MAN ; REDUCED. Admiral Sampson's Fleet Subjects Porto Rico's Capital to a Terrific Bombardment. 01 GUNS WELL HANDLED The Place No Longer a Fortified Base For the Use of Spain's Fleet. The Vessels of Our Squadron Steamed In an Ellipse, ltlazinz Awav at the Forts and Paying; Particular Attention to Morro Castle?They Made Three Circuits and the Bombardment Tasted Three Hours ?The Spaniards Fired Fast and Furious, But Their Marksmanship Was Bad?Our Losses Were One Killed and Four Wounded?Only the New York and Iowa Were Hit and No Harm Was Done?Having Inflicted Punishment I'pon the Forts Our Fleet Steamed Away. I St. Thomas, Danish West Indies (By Cable). San Juan, Porto P.:eo, is no longer a fortilled base. Tart of Bear Admiral Sampson's fleet poured for three hours shot and shell into the fortifications, | which, though not silenced, were rendered ineffective. The Spanish squadron from Cape Verde must look to some other forti ADMIRAL SAMPSON*. fled port fo^any aid in its efforts to be victorious dver the war ships of the United States. Though the fortifications were not completely demolished, Rear Admiral Sampson | regards his mission to Nan Juan as successful. The bombardment was terrific. It gave the men on the war ships an admirable experience and enabled them to test their marksmanship in action, which was desired before giving battle to the armorclads of Spain. They are now better prepared thau ever to meet the foe, having the additional confidence that comes from having be?m under !:te. The American sailors would like to have continued shelling the San Juan fortifications until they were completely shattered, but Admiral Sampson decided that sufficient damage had been done to make the port useless as a fortified base. The Killed and Wounded. In the bombardment two of our men were killed and seven injured. How heavy * 1 mm ^=ig THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S FALACE FORTIFICATIONS REDUCED ID I was the loss among the Spaniards is not kncwn, but it is believed to have been severe. The two men killed were: Frank Widemnrk, seaman of the cruiser New | York: William Ross, gunner's mute of the monitor Amphitrito. This is a list of the j injured: John Mitchell, seaman of the bat- J tleship Iowa; Raymond Hill, apprentice on the Iowa; George Meritle, a J private marine on the Iowa; Michael I Murphy, seaman on the cruiser New | York; Samuel Feltmau, a seaman on i the New York; Edward Earle, seaman on j the New York; John Miller, seaman on the i New York. Splinters from bursting shells ! orfragmentsof theshellsthemselvescaused j j most of the injuries. Ross, gunner's mate j Iof the Amphitrito, dropped dead beside ills I Over Fifty Thousand Volunteers. Washington, D. C. (Special). Reports ; > received at Adjutant General Corbin's of- j 1 759 of the volunteers have j 1ICC 5UV" V 4J??V _ been accepted as having the necessary i qualifications for soldiers and have been ! mustered into the United States service. Victims of Fire. Three double frame dwellings at the Lvttle colliery, near Minersville, FenD., were j destroyed by fire. Mr. and Mrs. Michael I Tott and a six-year-old daughter of John J Polish were burned to death. The fire is j thought to have been of incendiary origin. J ; Jg PORTO RiCO AND THE SCENE FlorioaX V) . 0?? HAVANA ; ?? ! oo ^'5 S J A MM . | ( orjiTii") sun, the shook and excitement evidently Ii being too much for his heart. m Two Ships 15ear Scars. tleship Iowa and the cruiser New York, but neither of these ship9 came out of the conflict with any serious scars. The other g] ships were unscathed. Nearly all the shots m from the Spaniards went wide of their b< mark. The enemy appeared to be entirely di deficient in the use of the puns. This made li our ships indifferent to their reckless and a| STREET SCENE IX SAX JUAN, NEAR THE FORTIFICATIONS. f. Si ineffective cannonade, whose only redeem- I ing feature was its spiritedness. .'( Admiral Sampson's fleet lay within sight of San Juan de Porto liioo all of Wednesday night. At 3 o'clock on Thursday morning all hands on all the ships were called. For an hour and a half euch ship was the scone of an orderly confusion as the two thousand sailors stripped their ships, their guns and themselves. f By 4.30 everything was in readiness for i the battle to begin tin* second great engagement of the war. At 5 a. in. came the j call to "quarters," and iustantly every man was at his pest and ready and eager to s I strike a blow in atonement for the Maine. Morro, of course, was to l>e the centre ot i attack. In it were tbe seven-six-inch guns which Spain sent over as soon as the war * became certain, and which had been hastily ' mounted and manned with the best gun- * ners in the colonial army. < The .Engagement Opens. The fleet, looking for the Spanish ships, steamed to the harbor, the men at qiutr ters, the decks sanded, the speed live tv knots an hour. They held in until theDe- t! troit was less than a mile from the old i tl fort. The gunners in the old fort opened on the Iown. The squadrou was ordered to j return the fire. I p The Iowa's forward 'turret guns flrod j sj fir-t at the west nngleof the fort; then she ' SI swung around her after guns and let go j her starboard broadside. j c< The Detroit at her lowest speed began ; ju r?A4i.lcMn llrinfl Thi, Tmliniui cf ??n rr?pil 11 n 1 . firing. The Detroit drove the gunners j Sl away again and again. i tl Tlie Iowa selected one fort and as tn the ships approached each opened, fir- j j, ing turret and broadside guns. The De- | ,p troit in her exposed position pluckiiv kept ; tc j in short range and her guns did terrific ex- j 0, ! ocution. | ni Except th" Detroit and the Montgomery, m which were ordered out of range, the ships ri steamed in an el'ipse in front of the forts sl I three times. On tlie first round they shot too low. but [ they got the elevation on the second round, and the shots hit the forts uni passed over G the hills, falling in the town, j An eight-inch shell exploded in the Xow York's aft port whaleboat davit at the end ' of the third round. Fragments fell among M the crew of the port broadsid -eight-inch <;j guns. Frank SVidemark, seaman, was struck in tlie liead and killed. ' 01 At 7 o'clock tlie day had became furiously j ft hot, so hot that men were fainting below the decks and at tlie guns. One man, a | gunner's mate on the Amphitrite, was over- I ol come and die 1 in a few hours. The leaping llanies from burning houses , Iri | close to the shore, but behind the fortiflca- | ^ I n Nt_ 3 IS 7h rt AND AN ANGLE OF THE SAN JUAN l' ADMIRAL SAMPSON'S FLEET. x tions, made the Americans know that their ?= ?"in in ?!i.> llrinir ! of the Spaniards. j In the old part of the town of San Juan, jj adjoining the fortifications, whole blocks were blazing. Many of the shells flew over and burst among the ancient buildings i from which the population had lied at dawn. si So llerce was the American hre that had lf | tiie intention been to bombard the resi- fr dence part of old San Juan, the damage st could hardly have been greater. The !" lighthouses were demolished soon after the firing began. Later on the houses in ut B illaja square, in St. Christopher street, in Sau Jose street aud in San Sebnstiau in street were in flames. The St. Catherine b< tiiica^o ? urvui i^u^. Grain elevator D, at Chicago, was destroyed by fire. Losses on building and la contents will aggregate about ?1,200,000. tli The elevator contained 1,115^00_ bushels of W grain, valued at ?81*0,000, the property of sc I'. D. Armour. The grain was fully in- dt sured. D The Time at Manila. si The difference in Washington time and bl that of the Philippine islands is thirteen hours and sixteen minutes; therefore, ocI cording to our time, the battle of Manila was fought at 3.41 p in.. Saturday. April b( 30. | w OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. rj^r X> !^gfe| V^T{ , ( ^ e P 0 B V istitute, the ancient palace, the Govei ent house, the orphan asylum, the < loatre and several old ehuches wt urned or almost demolished. Spaniards Fought Like Madman.' The American olTlcers, through th lasses, could see the Spaniards at workany places where the fortifications h ?en broken down. The Spaniards seem runk with furv. They loaded and Hi ke madmen, without aiming, without a ppearance of discipline or direction, mes their crazed condition led them any absurd acts, such as waving swori inking fists and discharging pistols at t merican line which was barely witl mob of their guns of longest range. Toward 8 o'clock the heat became abi itely unbearable on the A merican ships, scaine evident that the Spanish forts cot ot be silenced sort of another hou ork. Men on the American ships were droppi a all sides, not from Spanish shots, fc oin the accurate and terrific bombai ient of tho tropical sun. After consultation Admiral Sampson s: alien ase firing" and turned aw estwar . The other ships slowly f< iwed. all except the monitor Terror. S unained in her position, in range of le guns of the Spaniards until she h lenced them. The United States warships hnuled lore with in a few minutes after Adml unpson's signal to eense firing, and 1< an Juan in a sorry condition. The Spr h base was no longer effective as a shell >r a Spanish fleet, while the Arnerie lips were ready for battle at any momei The fleet steamed to the westward aho U:w#yf| HA? OF SAX JtTAX, POETO EICO. renty miles and then stopped to retno le grime of battle and to rest and refre le weary but happy sailors. Sampson's Ofllrial Ileport. Washington, D. C. (Special). The Xn epartmeut received the following < >ateh from Admiral Sampson. It is dal Tiiomas. May 12, and is as follows: "A portion of the squadron under i jnunand reached San Juau this moi ig nt daybreak. No armed vess ere found in the port. As soon as it v ifllciently I commenced attack up le batteries defending the city. This lek lasted about three hours and result i much damage to the batteries and in iJiitally to a portion of tho city adjact > the batteries. The batteries replied ;ir lire, but without material efTect. 0 an was killed on board the New Yc ad seven slightly wounded in the squ: >n. No serious damage to any ships ilted. Sampson.' TO RULE THE PHILIPPINES. enernl Merrill AV111 Act ?? Military (it ernor of tho Islands. Washisoton (Special).?With all po= edispatch Rear Admiral Dewey's poss on of the Philippines is to be ftrengl led by additional shiami by a miUM roe adequate to overcome the Spnni oops left 011 the island.*, to mninti r>ler and protect the lives and intere f foreign residents, and to assert the r K>rity of the United Stntes tlirough ilitury government, with Major Genei "esley Merritt us its head. General 3b tt held a long consultation with t seretury of War and the Adjutant Ge ml, and returned to New York to co lete his preparations for proceeding anila. It has been definitely decided to conce nte at San Francisco an army of 12,1 en. consisting of both volunteers a igulnrs. Besides the States of Califorr ad Washington, which will furnish tin itire quota of volunteer troops, tin iates will furnish men for the expeditfc Wvoniiug, one baltaiion of infant! olorado, one regiment of infanti ansas, one regiment of infantry; Mo tna. one regiment of infantry; > rash a, one regiment of infantry; Utr vo light batteries of artillery and o oop of cavalry, and North Dakota a laho, each two battalions of infantry. This army will constitute the First Cor [ the United States Army. It will be < ided into three divisions, the first idch will consist of 7000 men, and w >rm the first detachment scut to the i er or Hear Admiral uewev. Iu order that the expedition may lea i soon as possible General Merritt b ien given authority to take with liim, is own discretion, the first 7000 men w sport at San Francisco. A CABLEGRAM FROM DEWEY. he Situation at Manila Since the lloi lmrdinent is Unchanged. AVashinv.ton, D.C. (Special). Adispnt ime Friday to tiio Navy Department fn rtmlral Dewey, at Manila. It was dnt ong Kong. It was as follows: Hoxo Koxo, May 12 icretary of the Navy: There is little change in the situati nee my last telegram. I am transferri i transports steel breech-loading rill otn sunken Spanish men-of-war. A ores from arsenal in my possession. 11 aintaining strict blockade. Add Argos >t of destroyed vessels. El Correo, pre ily El Cano. Dewey Other despatches describe the situati i the Philippines as unchanged since t imbardment. Our Flag llolnteil in Cuba. Key West, Flu. (Special).?Ensign W rd, of the Machias, was the first to ho 10 American flag on the island of Cul liilo the Wilmington. Winslow and Hu in were engaging Cardenas, the Mac hi ;molished a battery and blockhouse iana City, two miles away. An arm )at's crew then went ashore and the e gn hoisted the Stars and Stripes on t ockhouse flagpole. Itioting in Spain. Rioters at Alicante, Spain, burned t mded warehouses after taking all t h?ut they contained. jFIRST AMERICAN DEAD. " H h< 211 I Ensign Bagley and Four IVIen Perish w on !he Winslov/. st at FATAL BATTLE AT CARDENAS. !,u \v se Fired on by a ??Iasked Battery While Seek- !n inn Spanish Gunboats in the Harbor? Spaniards Suffered, Too?The Knsign \ and Ilis Men Fought the Knemy to tlio ! I,ast?Kescued by the Hudson. Key West. Fla. (Special).?Tito first : American bioousnea in tne war ueiweeu | ?" the United States and Snain occurred dur- , to )ld " ' . >ro ing an engagement in the harbor of Car- | tn donas, Cuba, where Ensign Bagleyand four ^ men lost their lives and Lieutenant Berna- in eir 01 an ^ ^ Ut EXSIQX WOnTlI BAOJ.E". ? (rirst American killed iu the war with ?? Spain.) ti a dou and several men were wounded. All tl wore on board the torpedo bont Winslow, _ which bore the brunt of n terrille lire from ^ a deftly-masked battery for over' threequarters of an hour. The dead and wound$ ed are: r} ueaci. 3 Worth Eagley, ensign. ^ John Denfee, ilremun. jr George 13. Meek, nremun. 'a Elijah B. Tunnell, cook. W John Yarveres, oiler. A> u Wounded. Lieutenant John B. Beruadou. commander of the Winslow; injured in tbe thigh by a flying splinter. , William Patterson, fireman; flesh wound in the leg from splinter. R. E. Cox, gunner's mate; slightly hurt by fragment of shell. Daniel MeKeown, quartermaster; slightly vy injured by shell. *e" F. Gray, able seaman. The Winslow, Wilmington and Hudson were cruising oiT Cardenas, and about 1 my o'clock in tho afternoon the little torpedo ru- boat moved in close to shore. She could els see tho main batteries some mile and a /{ ras half ahead, but had no thought of a on masked battery. She reached (} point ? at- nearly 500 yards from shore when suddenly d< ;ed the shrubbery parted, and heavy cannon fo el- boomed out. The Spanish were too close in :nt to miss. Heavy solid shot nnd shell hit all se to about the torpedo boat. A solid shot tore no through her hull, and tho forward boiler m >rk 'blew up, but her men did not flinch. I C> id- Another shot tore away her rudder, and j gi ro- she drifted helplessly. Tho Hudson ; lo ' steamed into tbe harbor, and took the | Winslow in tow. j in ^ TORrEDO BOAT ml >ia The hawsers were scarcely fast when a vi 3lr( shell burst directly over the damaged boat, so SB Ensign Biglwy was Instantly killed and in >b: four of his men who were working the ill y, rapid-fire rifles fell with him. L. ty? The Wilmington had reached easy range h* about tliis time, and opened with her h'- heavy guns. The Spanish held down on Fl ih. her nndshe was hit by a dozen shots. Sho i?e was hurt, but not crippled, and bore the Ai hd brunt of the battle until the Winslow was safe out of tho harbor. She lost no men. ps The Spanish batteries were silenced eventH ually, and a number of men killed and bi of wounded. Fr ill The Hudson was nearly half an hour get- co to- ting a line to the Winslow. While still _ twenty feet from her a shell burst on the ve deck of the Winslow. Several men had as just come up from below for air, and ce at were plainly seen to receive shock of the Ut; ho burstini' shell. They were lifted off their . feet and hurled in all directions. One man was struck in tho face and hurled off the deck yelling, "Save me." j He was pulled back by the legs dead. ,n" Three were killed instantly and two died later on the Wilmington. The bodies were x'! ch badly mutilated. All the men were game j to tho end, and wished-to Keep up me -ed Hfflit. even after the ship was disabled. l0: The Machias could not enter the bay on ac- se' count of drawing twelve fe<jt, but she shelled the battery of Dranacay and sent 0Q an armed boat crow nshore, which fired it. The Hudson also reduced and burned a i" shore battery. One Spanish boat was also 1,1 2 disabled. Sr ' At 8 o'clock Thursday morning the Hud. son, with the Wlnslow's dead ami some of m' )IJ_ the wounded arrived at Key West. When on she came up to the Government dock tho bodies of the five dead men were lying on on her after deck, covered with the Stars and Stripes. In the cabin of the Hudson were Lieutenant John B. Bernudou, who com- I fr< ? manded the Wiuslow in the battle nnd was | th il- Spanish Troops Slaughtered. 1st Havana, Cuba (By Cable).?Five thou>a. sand Spanish troops in Fuerto Principe tii d- I ^A ? ? ,i Maf.ih linilap n f! n t* nf tn uo as engage against tlie United States. The in- F1 isurgents refused to respect the Hag of truce, wl ea and 900 Spaniards were killed. President bo a" Masso has called Generals Gomez and tb Garcia to a conference on the Moron th trocha, where the Cuban army will be con- oa centrated. ini jjp Prizes Iteleascd. ke The Trize Court at Key West will recomi mend the release of the steamers Bratsberg | 4ygnri Jover. ' re' = --1 igbtly injured In the left leg. and several hers of the WinsloW's wounded sailors. | The Hudson shows the effect of the fight. " er smokestack is punctured with bullet lies and her cabin and decks are smashed id splintered. The Winsiow iS almost a reck. Ensign Worth Bagley, who was killed, is native of North Carolina. His mother, rs. W. H. Bagley, resides at 125 South root, Raleigh, \\ C. She is a widow and 1 invalid. Half an hour before she was formed of his death, Mrs. Bsgiev received letter from her sou, dated "On board the inslow, May 8, 131)3," in which lie wrote, eicing to reassure her, "Have no fear for e; I am in perfect safety." SUICIDE OF A SPANISH SPY. corge Downing Hanged Himaelf ill His ^ Cell at AVHshiugton. OENERAL 0. 0. HOWARD. j Washington, D, C. (Special). suiciue iilcd the career and life of George Downg, who was imprisoned in the Washingn Barracks awaiting trial by eourtmaral on two specific charges ot being a spy the employ of the Spanish Government, owning Imaged himself. He tore a towel two and knotted a silk handkerchief to le end. The handkerchief formed the lose, and ho adjusted it so carefully that 10 knot was placed under the left ear as lilfully as a professional hangman coutd ive adjusted it. Downing was an Englishman by birth id thirtv-throe years of age. and prior to )ming here had been yeoman of the uiser Brooklyn, from which ship he was Isobarged because of suspicion attaching ) his loyalty. He swore to be revenged, ad, coming to Washington, it is said, ime into communication with one of the pauish attaches, who hired him to furnish euor Polo and his subordinates informaon. Ho was arrested by Chief Wilkie, oi te Secret Service, and a search of his )om3 revealed evidence which tho.se who iade the .arrest expressed confidence ould convict him. The news of Downing'? suicide was reeved by Government officials with much itisfaction, ns it relieved them of the disgreeable duty of shooting him. CENERAL HOWARD'S VIEWS. lie "Christian Soblier" Thinks the Wat Will lie a I.ong One. Chattanooga, Tenn. (Special). Genera' . O. Howard has arrived here to takt liarge of the religious propaganda among le troops. "I do not believe," he said to a reporter, that the war will have a speedy terminaon. I think that Spain is trying to avoid decisive engagement, aud will conduct le war by harassing our commerce and le is at tho head ot ilie curisttan uom? mission.) JP 9MW . day matters in tlie hope that some of the ireivjn powers will interfere. I expect that ternational complications more or le9s rious will result before the war is ended." General Howard's errand to Chiekaaugn is to start the work of the Christian ommission. From Chickamnuga he will } to Tampa and Mobile, and he may folw tho army to Cuba. "The plan of the Christian Commission," i states, "is to get magnetic preachers to EiiSsllIf WINSLOW. sit the army and talk to the soldiers, and counteract the evil influences surroundg the camps. We want volunteers for e work, which will bo in charge of ? wight Moody." RST BATTLE ON CU3AN SOIL uericAn Landing Party Repulsed a Force of Ambushed Spaniards. Key West, Fla. (Special1).?The first sited States troops were landed in Cuba Iday. The detachment consisted of two mpanies of the First Infantry, which left irapn Tuesday on the steamer Gussie. le Gussio nrrived off Cabanas and proeded to land the uien on an apparently isolate beach by small boats. Three boat loads had been landed when e soldiers were attacked by Spanish ncealed under the brush, which thickly iuged the shore. The Americans dashed to tho woods and a lively tight occurred, le gunboats Manning and Wasp tilled the oods with shrnpnell. The Spanish were repulsed with the loss ten killed and wounded. The American m was none. After landing three Cuban outs the soldiers re-embarked. The place is unfavorable to land arms or amunl>11. rhe horses of the scouts were landed by iinmiug. The Americans left their uoats the surf an 1 waded ashore. Ttiey did eat execution with their rillc.-. rhe Spaniards lost an officer and three m killed, cue man wounded and a priscr. < Wheeler to Command the cavairy. Mnjor-Genernl Wheeler has be?n ordered )m Chattanooga to Tampa to command e cavalry about to leave for Cuba. Copulation of Navitxxa Find* Safety. Seventy-five American refugees, the en e population of the Island of XnvassatA utheast of Cuba, arrived a: Key Weat, a. They were all men, eleven of them/ utes. They were taken off by the gunat Castine. >'avassa Island is owned by e Baltimore Phosphate Company, and e Americans who are employed by the rners of the island feared attack and issaere by the Spaniards. Korea to He Independent. .? %?! T>noo{o Kowa Knth fA JilJMU UUU ??m ? w ^ ?>, cognize the independence of Korea.